Our Approach

Supply Chain Transformation Services

By combining industry best practices and the latest supply chain and cloud solutions, our supply chain experts help you reduce manufacturing lead times, increase asset utilization, streamline processes and collaborate better with partners and suppliers.

Supply Chain Planning Services

To unlock additional value from your supply chain, we help you create or refine strategic and tactical plans for purchasing, manufacturing, distribution and other areas of your business. We focus on plans that can be implemented quickly, drawing on our expertise in demand planning and forecasting, production planning, inventory planning, distribution and e-commerce.

Supply Chain Execution

Warehousing, transportation and manufacturing execution are complex processes that can dramatically affect customer service, brand image and the bottom line. We help simplify this complexity with technology solutions from leading vendors such as SAP, Oracle, JDA Software, Microsoft and Manhattan Associates. With our supply-chain expertise and vertical market experience, we help you evaluate, select and implement solutions that add business value and agility.

Solution Accelerators and Frameworks

Our supply chain frameworks are pre-built software components that leverage industry best practices and accelerate time-to-value for many projects.

OUR LATEST THINKING

How a Well-Executed Supply Chain Control Tower Can Accelerate Digital’s Business Benefits

As supply chain managers work to digitize their operations and seamlessly integrate their supply chain ecosystems, a supply chain control tower offers analytics, integrated visibility and process orchestration based on relevant KPIs that enable them to enhance business performance.

A Strategic Approach to CMO Serialization Compliance

To avoid supply chain disruptions due to regulatory compliance issues, pharmaceuticals companies need to coordinate with all their contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) on an effective serialization strategy.

Manufacturers recognize the disruptive potential of blockchain to streamline complex supply chain operations, simplify trade finance and spur the transition to customized manufacturing. Yet, most are not moving aggressively to prepare for the changes that blockchain will bring.

Retail: Opening the Doors to Blockchain

Retailers increasingly recognize blockchain’s transformative ability to streamline operations, ensure product authenticity and enable tighter supply chain collaboration, our latest study reveals. However, most are still working to fully understand how to harness its potential inside their four walls and beyond.

CPG at the Tipping Point: How Brands Can Win in the New Routes to Market

Retailers that emerge successfully from the shock waves hitting their industry will be those that reinvent their physical stores and supply chains to meet digital consumer needs.

Enterprise Application Services: Moving Business into the Digital Age

A view of organizations across industries and business functions that have made the digital shift.

The Internet of Things: The New Rx for Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing & Supply Chains

Product quality, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency are chief concerns for pharmaceuticals executives, particularly in the areas of manufacturing and supply chain management. Yet the challenges of batch manufacturing have made it difficult to monitor the logistical journey of pharmaceutical products, which are subject to degradation, recalls, and strict regulatory standards. Using IoT platforms and solutions, pharmaceuticals companies can digitize and connect vital functions, achieve higher levels of quality and productivity, keep up with regulatory demands, and afford real-time visibility into virtually every area of the business.

How Blockchain Can Help Retailers Fight Fraud, Boost Margins and Build Brands

Using blockchain's distributed ledger, synchronized database and powerful encryption capabilities, along with its ability to generate smart contracts, retailers can gain early-mover advantage to more effectively collaborate and enhance trust across the value chain.

Connected Shipping: Riding the Wave of E-Commerce

Digital platforms, applications and processes are rapidly changing how shipping and transportation companies operate. Our primary research study confirmed that while acknowledging the importance of a Web-based business model, many shipping companies are proceeding cautiously. Based on our analysis of the e-commerce market and the approaches that some companies are taking, we have defined a maturity framework to help shippers better assess their current capabilities and plan ahead.

Resources

Minimizing Returns and Maximizing Recovery with Reverse Logistics

Reverse logistics is an opportunity to make returns a strategic advantage for your retail or consumer goods organization. Here's how.